I was wondering how many people use various EQ plugins in their sessions. More specifically, do you find yourself leaning towards one EQ for one specific thing and a different one for another. I tend to just pull in Pro Tools' standard EQ for most things and then use McDSPs E6 when I want to get a little more aggressive with frequency sweeps (I like to perform it with the faders).

How does your workflow or the content affect what EQ you decide to use?

Not typically. I don't like the phasey wah-wah effect you can get on the outer edges of the notches with some eq's (hardware or software), so I usually stick with Ozone or one of the other iZotope eq's, which don't do that.

Rarely and usually only when I'm doing something extreme with it, for whatever reason. In that case you can often notice differences between different EQ plug-ins and it makes sense to compare a few but for everyday EQ'ing I usually stick to the standard ones.

I tend to lean towards PT own 7 band in audio suite for quick cuts/boosts and simple sound effects tasks, it's quick and easy and it gets the job done.

For things like dialogue and VO though, I will often use SSL or API EQ's I feel it adds something extra to the voice, but it could just be the fact that the interface is more "analogue" and I am forced to use my ears more, which means I spend a greater amount of time really trying to pick out the best frequencies in the voice.

The DMG Equallity is pretty rocking. It has analogue, digital and lin-phase settings. Its clean, has a huge amount of features and also allows you to preview the spectrum with an analyser.

Occasionally i find myself using the pro tools EQs offline for a quick low or high cut. Maybe sometimes even in a channel. I'll use the SSL channel with the compressor EQ combination for vocals and voice. The Izotope brand is also stuff i trust, whether thats the Ozone EQ, trash filters or RX denoise parameters. All of which apply some degree of EQ.

So to answer the question Mike, yes i guess i do use different EQs for different jobs, but i do have my number 1 unit which i can use on pretty much anything. It comes down to time, CPU and results.